{"id":6106,"date":"2009-10-21T17:31:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-21T22:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/10\/ufc-104-betting-velasquez-vs-rothwell-pick\/"},"modified":"2009-10-21T17:31:00","modified_gmt":"2009-10-21T22:31:00","slug":"ufc-104-betting-velasquez-vs-rothwell-pick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/10\/ufc-104-betting-velasquez-vs-rothwell-pick\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC 104 Betting – Velasquez vs Rothwell Pick"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The World Series odds<\/a> of big, powerful <\/span><\/font>New York<\/st1:PLACE><\/st1:STATE><\/st1:place><\/st1:State> and Philadelphia<\/st1:PLACE><\/st1:CITY><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> meeting are looking mighty good right now. That’s fitting, as the odds of a good battle between big, tough heavyweights at UFC<\/span><\/span> 104 are good too. In the second biggest fight of the night, heavyweight contender Cain Velasquez hopes to continue his rise up the ranks against Ben Rothwell<\/span><\/span>. Let’s break down the fight and make a pick.<\/p>\n

THE FAVORITE…<\/p>\n

Cain Velasquez
<\/span><\/b>Record: 6-0
Notable wins: Cheick<\/span><\/span> Kongo<\/span><\/span>
Online betting<\/a> odds for UFC<\/span><\/span> 104: -300<\/p>\n

It<\/span><\/span> seems no one can agree on Cain Velasquez’s future. Some feel he’s inexperienced and overhyped<\/span><\/span>, the symbol of the UFC’s<\/span><\/span> desperate attempt to build up the heavyweight division. Others see Velasquez as the real deal, a superb athlete and an eventual serious challenger to Brock Lesnar<\/span><\/span>. I tend to view Velasquez as the latter. He’s a fantastic wrestler thanks to his background at Arizona<\/st1:PLACENAME><\/st1:PlaceName> State<\/st1:PLACETYPE><\/st1:PLACE><\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>. As he showed against Cheick<\/span><\/span> Kongo<\/span><\/span> at UFC<\/span><\/span> 99, Velasquez is a master of using body leverage to ragdoll<\/span><\/span> men much bigger than him. His striking isn’t particularly powerful but it’s decent, as he has kickboxing experience. He’s a next-generation mixed martial artist, bringing the type of intensity to his fights usually seen in NFL betting<\/a>. <\/p>\n

THE UNDEROG<\/span><\/span>…<\/p>\n

Ben Rothwell<\/span><\/span>
<\/span><\/b>Record: 30-6
Notable wins: Krzysztof Soszynski<\/span><\/span>, Roy Nelson
Online betting odds for UFC<\/span><\/span> 104: +240<\/p>\n

Big Ben Rothwell<\/span><\/span> may be making his UFC<\/span><\/span> debut, but he’s certainly not an inexperienced fighter. A grizzled vet desipte<\/span><\/span> being just a year older than Velasquez, Rothwell<\/span><\/span> has tangled with top heavyweights like Andrei Arlovski<\/span><\/span> and Tim Sylvia\u2014both former UFC<\/span><\/span> champs. Rothwell<\/span><\/span> is a well-rounded fighter. He has decent wrestling ability, especially because of his 6’5″, 265-pound-plus frame; he’s not a phenomenal boxer but he can drop guys with his big meat hooks; he also has solid submission ability on the ground, as he’s tapped out 11 opponents. <\/p>\n

Pick: Velasquez -300. <\/span><\/b>Rothwell<\/span><\/span> is by no means an easy opponent because of his versatility and size. However, Cain Velasquez, as “overhyped<\/span><\/span>” as he may be, is not the type of fighter to underestimate a Rothwell<\/span><\/span>. He’s a tireless worker who prepares meticulously for opponents and is never satisfied with his performance. He’ll be ready for Rothwell<\/span><\/span> and use his superior speed and athleticism to win\u2014just like the Phillies will do against the Yankees in World Series betting<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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The World Series odds of big, powerful New York and Philadelphia meeting are looking mighty good right now. That’s fitting, as the odds of a good battle between big, tough heavyweights at UFC 104 are good too. In the second biggest fight of the night, heavyweight contender Cain Velasquez hopes to continue his rise up … Continue reading UFC 104 Betting – Velasquez vs Rothwell Pick<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6106"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6106\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}